Category : Persian Sea

Iraq is exporting around 100,000 b/d of fuel oil from its southern terminals on the Persian Gulf, with much of the product shipped to Asia, sources close to the oil ministry said.Some 500,000 cu m of fuel oil is being shipped monthly fro...

In yet another sign of the growing competition for regional primacy between India and China, Indian officials have signed an agreement with Oman, strategically located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, to shore up bilateral defenses and make faciliti...

An analyst has sounded the alarm on Iran's expanding control of territory across war-torn Syria, stretching as far as the Mediterranean Sea, saying the country has exploited the chaos of the Syrian civil war and capitalised on the West's narrow focus...

The development of the strategic Chabahar Port is becoming a success story in the Iran-India relationship.The Iranian port on the Sea of Oman is a key project for the two countries. Originally agreed to in 2003 between the two countries, the projec...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lashes out at abuse of Southeast Asian domestic workers after Filipino maid’s body is found in Kuwaiti freezer
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte addresses Filipino household workers who were repatriated from...

Sholeh Wolpé said translating poetry is like the sky’s reflection in the sea – similar, but never exact.
The process of transferring a poem from one language to another requires more than just direct translation, UCLA’s inaugural author-in-residence...

Turkey has been a staunch NATO member for almost 70 years. As it appears, though, Turkey no longer wants to keep its membership in the alliance. This is evidenced by the recent inconclusive visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Ank...

The foreign policy pursued by Armenia provides opportunities for a simultaneous cooperation both with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union (EU), Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced on February 17 during the "Inside or Out...

Seyyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, the spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, referred to the latest remarks by Qatari Emir on the diplomatic crisis among (P)GCC member states and said the council has rea...